Are you unsure whether blink.it is the right tool for you and your training or coaching? We have collected the most common questions from trainers about blink.it and answered them in detail for you:

Are you a trainer, coach, or consultant looking for your own learning platform? Maybe you are also considering whether blink.it is right for you? Then, like many other trainers, you are certainly facing many fundamental questions. In this article, we provide answers to the most common questions from trainers – and hopefully also answer some of YOUR questions 🙂

Question 1: How long has blink.it been around?

In 2015, Konstantin and Michael founded our company blink.it in response to the question: “How can further education and training succeed in a digital world in the future?” Since then, we have dedicated ourselves to this question and have now grown to a team of 17! We can proudly say that we have successfully established ourselves in the digital education market and continue to grow steadily.

Fun Fact: We currently have over 215,000 users worldwide, over 6 million completed "Blinks" (learning units), and our platform is available in more than 25 languages!

Question 2: What differentiates blink.it from other LMS?

Compared to other classic learning management systems, blink.it stands for simplicity and user-friendliness. This primarily refers to the intuitive operation for all users: As a participant, it takes you only a few minutes to navigate the platform and you have an overview immediately. As an admin, you learn within half an hour how to create your course and manage your participants. So you can start creating content right away without extensive technical knowledge!

We care that all important functions are available that you need for your work as a trainer, coach, or consultant. We do not see blink.it as a classic LMS, as it maintains super easy operation with full functionality. Other LMS might have more functions, but they are significantly more expensive and often difficult to use. Most of these additional features are not fully utilized by the fewest trainers.

Moreover, most other LMS also require an authoring tool. You don’t need that with blink.it: You create your content directly on your platform. With blink.it, you get a fast all-in-one tool instead of a complicated LMS.

You can access the learning content on your blink.it platform anytime and anywhere!

Question 3: Can I buy ready-made learning content or courses on blink.it?

It is important to us that the learning content truly fits your target group. Purchased standard content often does not meet that requirement. Therefore, we provide you with the learning platform with a variety of functions for content creation. Additionally, we are happy to assist you with various learning materials and our customer success in content creation.

We do not sell ready-made learning content or online courses ourselves. If needed, we are happy to refer you to one of our partners. If you are interested in standard content (e.g., data protection training) or soft skill topics, please feel free to contact our sales team.

Question 4: Can participants register without an email address?

In order to ensure the data security of your courses, all users of your blink.it course must register on our platform with their name and email address. This constitutes the smallest possible data basis with which we can guarantee optimal assignment of your participants. After all, not every course participant should have access to all your content or be able to edit it. Furthermore, you create the lowest possible entry barrier: As an admin, you can set everything up in advance and enter the email addresses. Your course participants do not need to do anything except click on a link in the invitation email and then set a password.

To remind your course participants to complete their assignments, we also recommend sending regular reminder emails directly from the platform. Registration with their own email address makes this even easier. We offer various functions for this purpose: For example, a newsletter or automatic notifications about new learning content. This way, you can always reach your participants effectively via email.

Question 5: What are chapters in the blink.it course and why do I need them?

Chapters in the blink.it course are larger units that help you better structure the individual content. You can think of chapters as small folders that you can expand and collapse individually. This way, your course participants do not see all the content at once, but only that of the selected chapter. Especially in large and extensive online courses, chapters help your participants maintain an overview. Furthermore, you can also cover different topics in one course this way.

Of course, you do not have to create chapters if you do not need this division. However, we always recommend using this simple structure for clearer courses.

This is how you bring structure to your content: With courses, chapters, and Blinks (learning units)

Do you have any further questions about blink.it? Then feel free to ask us in the comments!

Would you like to try the blink.it platform yourself now? Or do you have more questions? Then schedule a free appointment for a guided admin demo. Get to know our blink.it platform, create your own content, and test for yourself how the numerous functions fit your training or coaching!